Coore (also known as Coor) () is a village in the parish of Kilmurry Ibrickane, near Mullagh and

Milltown Malbay Milltown Malbay (), also Miltown Malbay, is a town in the west of County Clare, Ireland, near Spanish Point. The population was 829 at the 2016 Census. Name There is a townland on the southern edge of the town called Poulawillin or Pollawillin ...

, in

County Clare County Clare ( ga, Contae an Chláir) is a county in Ireland, in the Southern Region and the province of Munster, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council is the local authority. The county had a population of 118,817 ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. It is made up of two communities: Coore East and Coore West. Coore West is split into two parts: * Coore West (east) is the place where the local church is standing. "The Most Holy Redeemer" church is built in 1865-1866, by father Patrick Moran. * Coore West (west) houses Coore National School and the former "Gleeson's Pub", playground of musicians like

Kitty Hayes Kitty Smith Hayes (1928 – 17 May 2008) was a well-known concertina-player in Shanaway, Milltown Malbay, County Clare, Ireland. Hayes was born in the townland of Fahanlunaghta, close to Lahinch. She was the daughter of Peter Smith, a locally wel ...

and

Junior Crehan ''Junior Crehan'' (born Martin Crehan, 17 January 1908 – 3 August 1998) was an Irish fiddle player who composed a number of tunes that remain popular within the Irish Traditional Music community. Biography Crehan was born and raised in Bonavil ...

Wind farm

In 2011 a company proposed development of a

wind farm A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used Wind power, to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundre ...

in the vicinity of Coore. The local people were divided over the plan.

In popular culture

made a composition named ''The Hills of Coore''Irish Harp CD, Golden Lights and Green Shadows
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Gráinne Hambly Gráinne Hambly is an internationally known Irish traditional harper, teacher and musician. Life and education Hambly was born to Michael Hambly and Mary Joyce in Knockrickard County Mayo, Ireland in 1975. She has 2 sisters who are also musi ...

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{{Coord, 52, 48, 40.67, N, 9, 21, 4.71, W, scale:25000_type:city_region:IE, display=title Towns and villages in County Clare